Plant: Plant 0.5-5 dm, glaucous, taprooted; stem decumbent to erect, branched, generally glaucous Leaves: basal petioled, 3-10 cm, linear to oblong-lanceolate; cauline lanceolate to widely ovate, base fused around stem, margin scarious INFLORESCENCE: umbels compound, peduncles 1-8 cm; bracts 0; bractlets generally 5, > flowers and fruits, leaf-like, ovate to ± round, fused at base; rays 2-3 Flowers: many, small; calyx lobes 0; corolla yellow; petals narrow to wide, tips narrowed; stamens 5; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 2-chambered, generally with a ± conic, persistent projection or platform on top subtending 2 free styles Fruit: 2 dry, 1-seeded halves that separate from each other but generally remain attached for some time to a central axis, 2-3 mm, ovate to round, roughened, slightly compressed side-to-side; ribs subequal, thread-like to narrowly winged; oil tubes per rib-interval generally several; fruit axis divided to base; Seed: face ± flat Misc: naturalized in gardens; generally < 1000 m.; May-Jun